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today and tomorrow. The bill includes full funding for the Ellsworth B-21 Raider strategic bomber program, provides
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Weekly Round[s] Up: June 1-14, 2026
Congress passed the Secure America Act, which funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol … night and ultimately passed the Reconciliation bill which funds ICE and CBP for the remainder of the Trump
Security and Stewardship
seen the consequences firsthand in Minnesota, where funds intended for children and education programs were stolen from those … voted for two bills to better safeguard public funds from abuse. The Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act establishes
Building a Stronger America
most. The BUILD America 250 Act provides robust funding for America’s transportation needs and included several
Powering America from the Plains
Department Parity Act and fighting for more federal funding for tribal officers. While we’ve secured some increases … funding, it’s not enough. I’ll continue to advocate for more dollars for Indian country law enforcement
Weekly Round[s] Up: April 20-26, 2026
sets the stage for a reconciliation bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol … recall, Democrats have continued to block full funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Instead, we passed
Driving Growth
leading an effort to allow states to use funds from unused federal electric vehicle programs for other highway … bill would ensure states can use these funds for their most important projects, instead of fulfilling a political
Safer Communities and South Dakota Connections
News I helped secure $65 million in federal funding for the Platte-Winner bridge along Highway 44. This … grateful the Trump Administration awarded our state this funding. Click here to read about the project. Issues : China
Weekly Round[s] Up: March 23-29, 2026
address various topics including voter ID, government funding and the conflict in Iran. More on these … early Friday morning the Senate passed legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This package would
Weekly Round[s] Up: March 16-22, 2026
remains unfunded. Despite Democrats having 14 opportunities to fund the department, they continue to play politics with … more than ever we need a fully funded DHS; airports are in chaos, families are going without
Weekly Round[s] Up: February 9-15, 2026
provision and a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill. While we’d hoped to pass funding … other critical national security operations will go without funding until a DHS funding bill is signed into
Weekly Round[s] Up: January 26 - February 1, 2026
pleased to have secured $145.7 million in funding for projects in South Dakota to improve in our rural
Round[s] Up 2025: A Year in Review
through the National Defense Authorization Act. This included funding for construction projects at Ellsworth Air Force Base … funding for a facility for the Watertown Army National Guard. Additionally, I was pleased that our Wounded Knee
Weekly Round[s] Up: December 15-21, 2025
Defense Authorization Act. This year’s NDAA authorizes funding for construction projects at Ellsworth Air Force Base … funding for a facility for the Watertown Army National Guard. It also authorizes a 3.8 percent pay raise
Weekly Round[s] Up: December 7-14, 2025
Silberhorn, German Member of Parliament; Builders for Tomorrow Fund; Dr. Torsten Kroeger, Chief Science Officer and Jennifer Wall … years without Hyde amendment protections, which prohibit federal funding for abortions, is a nonstarter for Republicans. Senate Democrats
Weekly Round[s] Up: October 5 - 19, 2025
clean Continuing Resolution to extend government funding through November 21. As I’ve said, we need to open
Weekly Round[s] Up: September 29 - October 5, 2025
House and would keep government open and funded through November 21. Instead, Senate Democrats are following their leader … taken : 13 – As mentioned above, I voted to fund the government three times, and Democrats continued to oppose
Weekly Round[s] Up: September 1-7, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act, legislation which authorizes critical funding for military programs, personnel and equipment. We also continue … work toward funding the government before the end of the Fiscal Year, September 30. In addition, Senate Democrats
Weekly Round[s] Up: July 21-27, 2025
Appropriations committee to discuss our bills funding Interior and Environment, as well as Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Weekly Round[s] Up: July 14-20, 2025
spending for non-lifesaving foreign aid and taxpayer funded radio programs. I voted in favor of this legislation … support it following a fix for tribal radio funding. Read my full statement on my vote here
Weekly Round[s] Up: July 7-13, 2025
This is our annual defense bill that authorizes funding for military programs, as well as military members … particularly pleased to have authorized additional funding for Ellsworth Air Force Base as well
Weekly Round[s] Up: June 23 - July 1, 2025
asked Mr. Vought about protections for tribal radio funding, watch the clip here . In addition, we had Chairman … Toplines include: $3.3 billion for Border Security to fund Department of Defense personnel and logistics support to Department
Weekly Round[s] Up: May 12-18, 2025
Duffy asking them to update the process for funding tribal transportation projects. Read more about this
Weekly Round[s] Up: April 28 - May 11, 2025
Thrivent; South Dakota members of the American Kidney Fund; South Dakota Concerned Women for America; South Dakota Dairy
Weekly Round[s] Up: April 7-13, 2025
legislation does not cut a dollar of education funding . Rather, funds will continue to flow directly to states … form of block grants with other critical programs funded through the appropriate federal agencies. Eliminating the bureaucracy